Postdoctoral Fellowship position available at the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas in the United States of America. As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will be under the direct supervision of Dr. Sami Dridi.

Summary

The responsibilities of fellow include participating in all aspects of research, from study design, data collection and presentation, statistical analysis, manuscript and grantwriting, student mentoring, and practice exceptional research compliance.

While the focus is molecular and cellular control, we conduct our research across disciplines of endocrinology, integrative physiology, behavior, neuroscience, and anatomy. The research is currently funded by Adisseo, France. The main research focus is on how heat stress alters gut integrity and induces leaky gut syndrome. This fellow position at Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Arkansas  is expected to contribute to all lab projects, addressing fundamental and applied researches in mechanistic understanding of heat stress responses in chickens.

Qualifications

• Applicants should hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in physiology, molecular biology, or closely related field and have a special interest in environmental and gut physiology.
• Experience with chickens is highly desirable but most important is the intellectual drive to master the best tools and approaches to answer sound physiology research questions.

University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is a state wide campus, with faculty based on University campuses, at Research and Extension Centers and in every Arkansas county. It consists of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) and the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (CES), and is home to more than 1400 employees. The Division was established in 1959 and is headed by the Vice-President for Agriculture. The Division headquarters is located in Little Rock with the rest of the University of Arkansas System Administration. As an employer, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

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